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W. D. KEMP.

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APPLICATION FILED OCT 11, 1919.

Patented June 1,1920. I

INVEI'NTOR UNITED STATES PATENT FFICE- A WALTER DEWITT KEMP, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

DOLL.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WALTER DEWIIT KEMP, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Dolls, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to dolls, and has for its object the provision of means within the doll whereby the features or portions of the d'olls head may be changed from one color to another, through the introduction of sultably colo'red liquid.

' A further object is to provide means whereby diiferent degrees or densitles of coloration may beimpar-ted to different portions of the face. 7

A still further object is to provide means whereby the above may be accomplished by employing liquids which are conta ned, and permanently retained, entirely within the body of the doll and-which may be easily operated, and the color changed at will by the operator by applying pressure, producing different colorations, such as a black or white clown face, with yellow hair, red nose, one green eye and one White, purple hair, blue cheeks, etc.

These objects I accomplish by providinga dolls head constructed of transparent or translucent material, such as celluloid, cellulose acetate, bakelite, or the like, and providing, immediately within the outside shell or face of the doll, a series of liquid-tight compartments, separated from each other and arranged immediately within the ires'pective parts "of *the head, as indicated in the accompanying drawings,forming a material part of this specification, and in which:

Figure 1 is a side elevational vlew of a (1011 made in accordance with the invention;

Fig. 2 is an enlarged vertical sectional view ofthe same; and,

Fig.3 is a fragmentary side-elevational view of the doll, parts being broken away to show the interior.

Referring to the drawings in detail, the numeral 10 designates'a hollow head, surmounted by representations-of hair 11,'be-

low which-arethe ears 12. At the front are the eyes 13,'nose 14, lips '15 and=chin 16, the

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed October 11, 1919.

Patented June 1, 1920.

Serial No. 330,110.

head terminating in a neck 17 connected by a ring 18 to the hollow body generally designated by the numeral 20.

Formed with the body are a pair of arms 21 having hands 22, and legs 23 having feet 24. Below the neck, at the front of the figure is the breast 25 and at the lower portion the buttocks 26.

Positioned within that portion of the head represented by the hair 11 are a plurality of transparent partitions 28 and 29, arranged substantially in parallel, presenting spaces or compartments 30 and 31, and extending from the lowermost portions of these compartments are tubes respectively 32 and 33, preferably of rubber, terminating in flexible bulb-like containers 34 and 35, capable of holding liquid and, upon being compressed, of forcing the liquid through the tubes into the compartments.

The body 20 is formed of any preferred relatively stiff material, as celluloid, shaped to present concave open pockets at various points as at 36, 37, 38 and 39 receptive of the compressible containers; and overlaying the entire body is a tight fitting casing 40 and injected into the conpartments.

=Other compartments 44 and 45 are formed between the partitions around the face, separated from the compartments 30 and 31 by-transverse partitions 46 and 47 and separated from the nose compartments 48 and 49 by similar transverse partitions shown, while the nose compartments 48 and 49 are separated by the same partitions from said compartments 44 and 45, and by transverse partitions 50 and 51 from other compartments 52 and 53 at the lips 15.

From the compartments '48 and 49 lead tubes-56 and 57 communicating with compressible elements as 58 located for instance in-the feet,similar tubes 60 and 6l connecting the compartments 52 and "53 with the compressible elements 62 and63.

It will be understood that the compartments r-are not limited, as illustrated, with reference to the extent of the facecovered,

or in number, and that the respective terminal compressible elements may be located at any selective points of the body, the above description and the drawings being merely illustrative and not limitative.

In operation, the bulbs are filled with the liquids, and when the parts of the body of the doll against which the bulbs rest are compressed, such as by pressing or squeezing with thefingers, the bulb is simultaneously compressed and the liquid therein forced upwardly through the rubber tube and into the compartment in the head of the doll, and the liquid being visible through the face of the doll, reveals or displays its color to the particular part of the head immediately in front of said compartment. It will be understood that when the pressure on a given bulb is released, its liquid leaves the corresponding compartment and returns to the bulb, through gravity.

To be able to change from one color to another, another compartment, similar to the first, is provided interiorly adjacent to the first compartment. The walls of the compartments themselves being transparent, the liquid in the innermost compartments shows its color readily; thus two or more colors may be produced successively for each part of the face, the number of colors being limited only by the number of compartments for that particular portion of the head, of which compartments there may be several.

To add novelty to the doll, the bulbs may be placed and secured next to the stomach, the breast, within the hands, within the feet, etc., so that by punching the doll in the stomach, for instance, it would turn black in the face; by pinching a foot, it would develop green hair, etc. 7

To procure a different degree or density of color for one particular portion of that part of the face covered by a compartment, the compartment wall is constructed to extend deeper at that point, so the liquid will be deeper and hence afford greater coloration; as for instance, the tint of'the cheeks and lips are produced in this manner. This is illustrated at 5253 in Fig. 2.

It 'willthus be seen that a new doll has been revealed which is cheap, to manufacture, durable in construction, and capable of affording novel amusement to chilthey may be constructed of any suitable and selective kind of material so long as the varlous members of the combination co-act and cooperate to perform the functions and produce the results contemplated, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

I claim 1. A doll comprising a body, head and limbs, and means contained wholly therewithin for displaying variant colors at different points in said head.

2. A doll comprising a body, head and limbs, and means within said body and limbs,

limbs, and independent pliable connections operable by compressing certain points in said body, whereby differently colored liquids normally contained in said connections are transfused into definite portions of said head.

.4. A doll comprising a body and head, and means operable in said body for displaying diversified colors through said head at different points therein simultaneously.

5. A doll comprising a transparent head and an opaque body connected therewith, and a plurality of means connected interiorly of said head and body, said means being actuated by compressing portions of said body to disclose different colors in different portions of said head.

6. A doll comprising a'transparent head, a hollow body united thereto, a plurality of transparent walls formed parallel interiorly of said head, flexible tubes engaging the lowermost point of the compartments formed by said walls, and compressible bulbs located within said body in which said tubes terminate.

7 A doll comprising a transparent head and an opaque body, a plurality of compartments formed in said head substantially parallel with the outline thereof, compressible bulbs in said body, and tubular connection between said bulbs and the compartments formed between said partitions whereby each of the several compartments may be filled with a liquid of a different color, from said bulbs.

8. A doll comprising a head having a plurality of compartments, the compartments being arranged in multiple at each of the prominent features and capable of containing a liquid, said head and compartments being comprised of transparent material, an opaque body combined with said head, a plurality of compressible bulbs arranged in said body, each of said bulbs being adapted to contain a liquid of a definite color, and tubular connections between each of said bulbs and the compartment corresponding thereto whereby a diversity of colors may be produced on each of the several features of the head.

9. A doll comprising a transparent compartmented head, the walls of the compartments being arranged to present spaces of unequal depth whereby colored liquids therein are caused to exhibit different degrees' of density at different points accordforcing liquids into the spaces between said ing to the distance between the walls and walls successively whereby different colors 10 the exterior covering. are shown through said head in difierent 10. A doll comprising a transparent holshades according to the depth of the spaces.

low head, a plurality of transparent walls In testimony whereof I have signed my arranged interiorly of said head irreguname to this specification.

larly spaced therefrom, a body engaged with said head and means in said body for WALTER DEWITTKEMP. 

